ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

New Zealand Tablet, 25 July 1912, Page 35

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

F. Browning, Oamaru.—-The two nearest places' at which you could obtain the book are Whitcombe and Tombs, George Street, Dunedin, and; E. O'Connor, Barbadoes Street, Christchurch. Both of these places stock the volume. •

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Ignorant.—Yes, Saint William of York, Englishman. He was son of Earl Herbert and Emma, sister of King Stephen. He was elected Archbishop of York at the time when the great struggle "concerning the election of bishops was going on between the Holy See and princes. King Stephen favored his nephew's election. St. Bernard I complained of it as "uncanonical, and ■ Saint William was deprived of his See by Pope Eugenius 111. The king's party and- the people of York took up his cause. Henry, Abbot of. Fountains, had been

elected in his place. The adherents of the king made an attempt on Henry's life, and. burned the abbey, and for years the people of York refused to admit him within the walls. While-the desperate passions of sinful men were thus raging on his account St. William, who had ever looked on the episcopate with trembling, retired peacefully' to Winchester, where he remained buried in solitude, by supplication and penance seeking to avert the anger of God. His prayers were heard, and peace was at length restored. On the death of Henry, William was again elected, and, journeying to Rome, presented himself to Anastasius, who had succeeded Eugenius, and from him he received the pallium. Then the old man, worn with austerities, came back to his people, who had been led astray by their love; and thirty days after his return, on June 8, 1154, he went to join St. Bernard in the brightness of that Presence where zeal and love are never mistaken. The anniversary of the Saint is, as indicated, June 8. '--■•>